TWO STEPS BACKĭespite what the dinner table would indicate, the level design that helped elevate its predecessor does not feature in the sequel. No sword wielding barbarians, no pink magical ponies, no UFO’s or sea creatures Sarge’s Heroes 2 seems to go out of its way to avoid using any imagination whatsoever. Aside from that, the large robots that were featured in the original Sarge’s Heroes are back, and some rockets show up as destructible objectives, but that’s it. They’re just as easy to ignore as they are to combat. These things are played up as some sort of game changing threat, but I was never so much as touched by one. While absolutely nothing is off the table, Sarge’s Heroes 2 only prominently features robotic “shock troopers” that are laughably slow and ineffective.
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This, sadly, is short lived.ĭespite the narrative’s toystore full of possibilities, much of it is squandered. The dinner table represents this well it’s open, it’s playful, and it’s fun. Sarge’s Heroes ‘ greatest strength was it’s level design, especially when it came to the levels taking place in the “other world”, a representation of our world where the game’s characters are reduced to the scale of their toy counterparts. The Tan Army is still running amok and it’s up to you, playing as recurring Green Army protagonist, Sargeant “Sarge” Hawk (and sometimes his annoying female counterpart, Vikki Grimm), to stop them. When the opening cutscene is done rolling, you’re dropped onto a dinner table turned warzone. Sarge’s Heroes 2 starts off on the right foot. This serum can also be used to animate any toy in the other world, which provides the newly reanimated General Plastro with a supply of new and unusual weapons with which to wage war.
The narrative centers around a serum developed that can reverse the “plastrification” that occurs to the plastic men when they enter the real world that essentially turns them into the immobile figurines we’re accustomed to. Unfortunately, this too is handled pretty poorly. While you’re still primarily fighting the enemy Tan Army, they’ve employed some gizmos lifted from a toy store to help bring down the Green nation. If there’s one thing I can give Sarge’s Heroes 2 positive credit for, it’s that it doubles down on the weirder elements of the previous game. Dare I dream that this version could be what I always hoped for, fixing the evils of the N64 version and finally delivering on the series’ promising concept? A casserole full of disappointment and lies. However, released around the same time was an expanded port for the new console on the block the Playstation 2. I’d honestly rather play Superman on the N64, and I’m not exaggerating. It’s a sequel to my favourite game featuring the little green men, with all the refinements one would expect from that increment, but in practice, it was a devastatingly calculated strike against my happiness. On paper, it sounds like everything I could want. I’ve yet to play every Army Men game - in the short lifespan of the series, 3DO cranked out over 20 of the titles, not counting some radically different ports - but of the ones I have encountered, none provided an experience as unpleasant as Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes 2 on the N64. The worst of the games, though, they just prefer to show my affection isn’t appreciated. Even the best games of the brand I’ve thus far encountered feature fatal flaws that have been difficult to overlook. I love the series, it just doesn’t love me.
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Until someone finally gets me the help I need, the Army Men series remains one of my greatest guilty pleasures in the realm of gaming.
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